2 Kings 14:26:122 Kgs.14.26.W12TAB
עֹזֵ֖ר
ozer
“helper”
- Transliteration
- o-ZER
- Extended
- oh-ZEER
- IPA
- /ʕoːˈzeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- helper
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
o-ZER
- phraseyour reading level
ve-EN o-ZER
- clause
ve-E-fes a-TSUR ve-E-fes a-ZUV ve-EN o-ZER le-yis-re-EL
- sentence
KI-ra-A ye-ho-VAH et-o-NI yis-re-EL mo-RE me-OD ve-E-fes a-TSUR ve-E-fes a-ZUV ve-EN o-ZER le-yis-re-EL
Exegesis
The concluding clause wə-’ēn ‘ōzēr {וְאֵין עֹזֵר | wə-’ēn ‘ōzēr} ‘and there was no helper’ uses existential negation to underscore Israel’s helpless condition.
Root and etymology
ע־ז־ר
“to help”
In context — 2 Kings 14:26
Because the LORD saw the affliction of Israel and that it was very bitter , and there was no one left—neither confined nor free—and there was no helper for Israel.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:26:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Kings 14:26, so the Hebrew word עֹזֵ֖ר (ozer) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Kgs.14.26.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.26.W12.S1) and character.